To be clear, they don't need to be sincere; it's in the best interest of anyone following Putin to unfuck their economy, get on the good side of the oligarchs, and modernize their military. The quickest and easiest way to do that is to get out of Ukraine, blame everything on Putin, and at least put on a veneer of civility until things are going smoothly for them. Even if they want to continue expanding the Russian empire, they really need to get out of the current quagmire first.

Which is exactly why I hated them resigning in protest.

I'd argue the smart thing when succeeding Putin would be to end the war, tell the world it's a new Russia, and start getting Russian assets unfrozen.

I would expect the VP to be set up as a puppet leader, with her brother as a hostage to force her cooperation.

Edit: Looks like she might not be cooperating.

I dunno. I look almost exactly like my mother's father, so that would make things even weirder.

We also have stripes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaschko%27s_lines

Because they're indicating that is the exact word used in Disney's statement.

They made up an excuse about how there was 'no room' for promotions, except they demoted Paris for a while which would have freed up a spot for Kim. Also, Kim being an ensign when he's in charge of all of Ops doesn't make any sense; he has lieutenants and possibly lieutenant commanders under him.

Out of universe, Berman said that someone absolutely had to be the rookie, even after seven years in deep space, so Kim couldn't get promoted or meaningfully grow. He also tried to fire Wang a few times for nebulous reasons, only backing off when Wang got a 'sexiest man on TV' award. Wang was also the only Star Trek cast member to ever be denied the opportunity to direct an episode, courtesy of Berman. Wang also once said of Berman, "if there is a hell in this existence that we have that people can go to, he's first on the list."

So, short answer is that Berman is scum.

Guy on the left looks less like Qui-Gon and more like Obi-Wan in Attack of the Clones.

I think that's technically true regardless.

Epic also generated a lot of bad blood by scooping up Kickstarter projects and ordering the devs to cancel the Steam releases, releases that had already been paid for by backers. A bunch of potential customers refused to buy from Epic on principle after that.

This is, in fact, what makes Portland's annual naked bike ride event possible.